System Design — Suite anchor

Systema

Make complex problems thinkable. Personas that won't lie to you about their own confidence.

Coming Q3 2026 to the Mac App Store

What it does

Systema is the labsly Suite's System Design app. Map stakeholders, surface hidden structures with the iceberg model, trace causal dynamics with reinforcing/balancing loop diagrams, scan for interventions with STEEP, and build a testable theory of change. Talk to your stakeholders via Persona Simulator — every output labeled with confidence, source, and evidence so you know what the AI doesn't know.

Modules

Stakeholder Map

Shipped

Four-layer power-distance model with progressive disclosure.

Iceberg Model

Shipped

Events / Patterns / Structures / Mental Models depth analysis.

Causal Loop Diagrams

Shipped

With reinforcing/balancing loop detection and 8-archetype matching.

STEEP Boards

Shipped

Social, Technological, Economic, Environmental, Political scanning.

Theory of Change

Shipped

Five-column logic model with assumption tracking.

MCP Server

Shipped — free

12+ tools exposed to AI coding agents.

Persona Simulator

Q3 2026 — Flagship

Talk to your stakeholders. Confidence + provenance on every response.

CLD Critique Assistant

Q3 2026

LLM reviews your loops for archetype match and leverage point opportunities.

Domain Sense

Q3 2026

Clear / complicated / complex / chaotic classifier with disposition logic.

Stocks & Flows

Q3 2026

Euler simulator over CLD with parameter sliders.

Pattern Library

Q3 2026

Curated, forkable archetype examples.

Live Critique Companion

Q4 2026

Real-time Socratic watcher on your model.

Who it's for

Independent strategists, researchers, senior PMs, design directors, indie consultants, foundation program officers, think-tank fellows, PhD students. People who already think systemically and want a tool that respects their craft.

How it's different

vs Vensim / Stella: AI-native from the ground up. Mac-native craft. 1/10 the price.
vs Kumu: Kumu refuses AI. We embrace it — with epistemic honesty.
vs Miro / FigJam: Structured by default, not a sticky-note pile.
vs ChatGPT alone: Persistent structured projects; AI reasons over your model, not over guesses.

Pricing

Free

1 active project, no AI features. Forever free.

Pro

$30/mo

Unlimited projects, all AI features, MCP server. $300/yr (saves ~17%). 14-day free trial.

MCP server is always free for everyone. Install instructions.

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Methodology acknowledgments

Systema's analytical modules build on the work of Donella Meadows (iceberg model, leverage points), Jay Forrester (system dynamics, causal loops), Peter Senge & Daniel Kim (system archetypes), Garrett Hardin (Tragedy of the Commons), Urie Bronfenbrenner (ecological stakeholder model), and the broader logic-model tradition (Kellogg Foundation, Aspen Institute, ActKnowledge). None of these originators is affiliated with or endorses Systema or labsly.